Home | Forum | Photo Galleries | Upload Photos | Cages Store | CafePress Store | Testimonials | Search | About Us

Go Back   Guinea Pig Cages Forum > Discussions > Diet and Nutrition
Register FAQ Members Chat Scheduled Chats Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Diet and Nutrition Food, diet, nutrition, hay, special dietary requirements, etc.

Reply
Attention: Last reply in this thread was more than 7 Month(s) ago.
We strongly discourage bumping old threads without a reason.
It may result in a wheek or a poo notice, if inappropriate. Thank you.
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 03-06-08, 01:12 pm
sam_n_chass sam_n_chass is offline
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Feb 08
Posts: 28
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Really hates artichoke

We're always looking for different things to feed our piggies. Last night we tried artichoke, green beans, blue berries, and of course green leaf lettuce. They both went through all the lettuce first like they always do but then Emma came up to the artichoke, sniffed it once and ran away. Eve nibbled it a little but just left it, Emma kept coming up and smelling it and running away and eventually just gave up on all the veggies. This is the only thing I've seen either of them do that to. There have been lot of stuff they didn't touch but nothing the seemed to be afraid of. Weird.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-06-08, 04:03 pm
cavyinhawaii's Avatar
cavyinhawaii cavyinhawaii is online now
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Jun 06
Location: Hawaiian pigs living in NC
Posts: 882
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 44
Thanked 30 Times in 30 Posts
Re: Really hates artichoke

My Teddy didn't like broccoli at first. When I gave it to her she stood on it and peed. I kept every once and a while giving it to her. She now eats it on occasion.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-06-08, 05:24 pm
wiggley_narco's Avatar
wiggley_narco wiggley_narco is offline
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Jan 08
Location: Spindale, NC
Posts: 387
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 95
Thanked 32 Times in 25 Posts
Re: Really hates artichoke

Some of my boys are that way with strawberries and green onion tops. They definitely have their own tastes.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-07-08, 07:42 pm
sophistacavy's Avatar
sophistacavy sophistacavy is offline
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Feb 08
Location: Uneventfull Ashe-Vegas(Asheville), North Carolina
Posts: 164
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 26
Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts
Re: Really hates artichoke

These aren't veggies, but I tried giving my 3 girls those timothy hay pellets that are sold in pet stores(all they are is timothy hay) and they pee on them every time practically. If I put a bunch of those in a litter box, maybe they'd litter train quicker !

Wow, I'll have to try artichokes now. I have to admit that when I order them as a topping on pizza (I think those are the "hearts"), they do look kinda scary. Green, squishy, shriveled a little, and they taste unique, flavorful for a veggie.

I put a broccoli floret in front of my Shih Tzu puppy intending that she might eat it, and she sniffed it very throughly, and played with it a bit. I broke off a tiny piece of the head and got it into her mouth, whereupon she moved it around like it tasted quite odd, and spit it out.

My rats love broccoli though!

My cavies love parsley(curly or italian), baby carrots, apple, 1/3 of them like oranges, kale, mustard greens, cherry/grape tomatoes, etc.

Maybe I helped someone, . Good luck! ^_^
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 03-07-08, 08:02 pm
sam_n_chass sam_n_chass is offline
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Feb 08
Posts: 28
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Re: Really hates artichoke

Our girls don't like those timothy hay cubes either. they like cilantro, parsley, peppers, kale, carrots, apples, and I've only seen Eve eat blueberries. Neither of them eat grape tomatoes, raspberries, or yellow squash.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 03-07-08, 08:30 pm
J&APigs's Avatar
J&APigs J&APigs is offline
Cavy Slave
Join Date: Feb 08
Posts: 23
Thanks for that helpful post! given: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Re: Really hates artichoke

Ours will not eat any veggies or fruit no luck so far!!
Reply With Quote
Sponsored By
Reply

  Guinea Pig Cages Forum > Discussions > Diet and Nutrition


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Forum Jump

 

Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.0.0 RC3, vBulletin 3.6.4
Copyright ©2005 All Enthusiast, Inc., PhotoPost PHP vB3 Enhanced
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Teresa Murphy, Cavy Spirit & Guinea Pig Cages. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Page generated in 0.28051 seconds with 12 queries